A 5k run, an ugly sweater contest, and a plunge into the icy waters of the...
Swimming
It’s pretty funny to now think of this, but as recently as 2002, I really could not swim. In the water, I’d be like a fish out of the water, flailing my body around and splashing a lot. I still may be a mediocre swimmer, but at least swimming 2.4 miles is no longer a problem for me — at least with a wetsuit.
"Will you be home this weekend?" asked my friend Kiri. "I want to swim in...
Photo by Swim Labs
I guess I must have recovered from the hypothermic trauma of last-year's Horsetooth One-Mile Open Water...
"I signed up for the Horsetooth One Mile Swim," I told a friend excitedly one day...
There were several reasons the Alcatraz Challenge was on my long list of things to do...
Photo by Adrian Mikolajczak
It sounded like a good idea at the time. Make that a great one. "We could...
I used to think swimming 2.4 miles in an Ironman triathlon was a pretty big deal....
Having a 20-yard lap pool with lane lines and mountain views 800 feet from home is...
Photo by George Niktin/Associated Press
Who says today's youths are lazy, spoiled, TV-watching, Nintendo-playing, ADD-affected juvenile dilenquents? Ok, so I...
I got less than 5 hours of sleep in order to come be a spectator at...
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